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1997 "Old Neighborhood," opens at Booth Theater New York City

1997 "Love Thy Neighbor," closes at Booth Theater New York City

1996 "Love Thy Neighbor," opens at Booth Theater New York City

1995 "Having Our Say" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 308 performances

1995 "Having Our Say" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 308 performances

1995 "Tuna Christmas" closes at Booth Theater New York City 20 performances

1994 "Tuna Christmas" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 20 performances

1994 "Broken Glass" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 73 performances

1994 "Broken Glass" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 73 performances

1994 Jim Booth, New Zealand producer (Heavenly Creatures), dies at 48

1993 "Twilight of the Golds" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 29 performances

1993 "Twilight of the Golds" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 29 performances

1993 "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" closes at Booth New York City after 232 performances

1992 "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" opens at Booth New York City for 232 performances

1992 Shirley Booth, actress (Hazel), dies at 94

1992 Shirley Booth, actress (Hazel), dies of natural causes at 85

1992 "Most Happy Fella" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 229 performances

1992 "Most Happy Fella" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 229 performances

1991 "Once on this Island" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 469 performances

1991 Edwina Booth, actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at 86

1990 "Once on this Island" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 469 performances

1988 Robert Englund, actor who plays Freddie Kruger weds Nancy Booth

1987 Clare A Booth Luce, U.S. diplomat/journalist, dies at 84

1985 "Sunday in the Park with George" closes at Booth New York City after 604 performances

1984 "Sunday in the Park with George" opens at Booth New York City for 604 performances

1976 "Very Good Eddie" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 307 performances

1975 "Very Good Eddie" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 307 performances

1974 Keith Booth, NBA forward, Chicago Bulls

1971 Issac Booth, NFL cornerback and safety for the Cleveland Browns

1968 "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Booth New York City after 36 performances

1968 "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 36 performances

1968 "New Faces of 1965" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 52 performances

1968 John Cleese (Monty Python) marries Connie Booth

1967 "At the Drop of Another Hat" closes at Booth New York City after 105 performances

1966 "At the Drop of Another Hat" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 105 performances

1966 Bronwen Booth, London, actress, Andy-One Life to Live, Eternal Evil

1965 "New Faces of 1965" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 52 performances

1965 Mitch Booth, Australian tornado yachter 1996 Olympics

1963 15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall and Shirley Booth

1962 14th Emmy Awards: Bob Newhart Show, E G Marshall and Shirley Booth

1961 "Hazel," starring Shirley Booth debuts on NBC-TV

1953 25th Academy Awards - "Greatest Show on Earth," Gary Cooper and Shirley Booth win (1st time televised)

1946 "Would-Be Gentleman" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 77 performances

1946 "Would-Be Gentleman" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 77 performances

1939 Clare Booth's "Margin for Error," premieres in New York City

1933 James Booth, born in London, England, actor and writer, Zulu, Robbery, Revenge

1933 Brian Booth, cricketer, dual Australian cricket/hockey international

1928 Albert Booth, British government minister

1919 Booth Tarkington's "Clarence," premieres in New York City

1913 Booth Theater opens at 222 W 44th St. New York City

1912 William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies

1908 Albie Booth, collegiate Hall of Fame football star, Yale

1907 Shirley Booth, actress, Hazel

1907 Shirley Booth, Thelma Booth Ford, New York City, actress, Hazel

1904 George Formby, William Booth, British singer/comic, Let George Do It

1901 Hubert Cecil Booth patents vacuum cleaner

1901 H Cecil Booth patented a dust removing suction cleaner

1893 Edwin Booth, American Actor

1892 New York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine)

1890 Catherine Booth, American Activist

1886 William Booth, cricketer, Yorks all-rounder, England before WW I

1880 Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, made U.S. debut at New York's Booth Theater

1879 Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, U.S., poet, General William Booth enters Heaven

1869 Booth Tarkington, U.S., novelist, 17, Magnificent Ambersons

1869 Booth theater at 23rd and 6th opens in New York City (Romeo and Juliet)

1865 Evangeline Cory Booth, Salvation Army general, 1904-34

1865 William Booth founds Salvation Army (Army of the Salvation)

1865 John Wilkes Booth, assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green Virginia at 27

1865 Abraham Lincoln, assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at 7:22 am, Representative-R-Illinois 1847 - 1849, 16th president 1861 - 1865

1865 President Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth

1859 Balington Booth, founder, Volunteers of America

1849 1st performance by U.S. actor Edwin Booth (Richard III)

1838 John Wilkes Booth, actor/assassin, President Lincoln

1838 John Wilkes Booth, American Criminal

1833 Samuel A. Mudd, doctor, convicted of giving medical aid to JW Booth

1833 Edwin Thomas Booth, U.S., U.S. Hall of Fame/actor, Hamlet

1833 Edwin Booth, American Actor

1829 William Booth, founder, Salvation Army

1829 Catherine Booth, American Activist

1822 William Booth Taliaferro, Brigadier General Confederate Army


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